BUSTOS Esteban

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2012	London, GBR	18

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay X
2021	Cairo, EGY	81	-	-
2018	Mexico City, MEX	20	-	-
2017	Cairo, EGY	61	-	-
2016	Moscow, RUS	16	-	-
2014	Warsaw, POL	35	-	21
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	-	19	16
2012	Rome, ITA	34	-	10
2011	Moscow, RUS	-	-	20

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Individual	Relay M
2019	Lima, PER	2	DNS

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay X
2018	Lima, PER	2	7	6

South American Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay M
2019	Buenos Aires, ARG	1	3	2
2017	Cochabamba, BOL	1	3	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual
2019	Tokyo, JPN	9

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	66th	1 x 33rd, 1 x 54th
2019	Individual	18th	1 x 4th, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 34th
2018	Individual	32nd	1 x 11th, 1 x 26th
2017	Individual	52nd	1 x 27th, 1 x 30th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2019	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1434
11	2018	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1421
23	2019	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1388
26	2018	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1354
27	2017	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1378
30	2017	Individual	Drzonkow, POL	1354
33	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1324
34	2019	Individual	Prague, CZE	1368
54	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1073

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Penta 17 [given to him by his brother], Estefan (UIPM, 19 Jul 2012; Athlete, 03 Jul 2012)

Athlete, Student

Mathematics - University of Chile, Chile

English, Spanish

University of Chile [Santiago, CHI]

Gabriel Flores [personal], from 2017; Sebatian Alarcon [running]; Luis Samuel Moreno [fencing]; Alfredo Hernandez [equestrian]

His brother Cristian is also a modern pentathlete and represented Chile at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (UIPM, 19 Jul 2012; DeporteAzulTV YouTube channel, 14 Jan 2019)

He underwent hip surgery before the 2020 season. (alairelibre.cl, 23 Mar 2020)

He has been diagnosed with Bertolotti syndrome, a condition that affects the lowest vertebra in the spine as it is fused to the sacrum bone, which provokes regular pain in the lower back. A back injury prevented him from qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (encancha.cl, 17 May 2020)

He ruptured his Achilles tendon in 2010. (diario.latercera.com, 17 Oct 2011)

He began swimming at age five, a sport he practised up until age 11. At age 12 he was introduced to modern pentathlon, and at age 14 he decided to focus on the sport. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012; DeporteAzulTV YouTube channel, 14 Jan 2019)

His brother and his coach encouraged him to try the sport. "When I discovered modern pentathlon I realised I ran easily, and fencing also suited me well. After two years of just playing the sport I decided to focus on it professionally, so I could get to the Olympic Games." (Athlete, 03 Jul 2012; DeporteAzulTV YouTube channel, 14 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. (DeporteAzulTV YouTube channel, 14 Jan 2019)

Winning a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (chile.as.com, 28 Jul 2019; DeporteAzulTV YouTube channel, 14 Jan 2019)